@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 days agoLinux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86 • The Registerwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down15cross-posted to: linux
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 days agoWe stuck to x86 forever because backwards compatibility and because nobody had anything better. Now manufacturers do have something better, and it’s fast enough that emulation is good enough for backwards compatibility.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 days agoAcorn computers would like to say that’s not 100% correct.
We stuck to x86 forever because backwards compatibility and because nobody had anything better. Now manufacturers do have something better, and it’s fast enough that emulation is good enough for backwards compatibility.
Acorn computers would like to say that’s not 100% correct.